What I'm Watching #271

It was something of a movie afternoon around here, guilty! I also watched "Violet Tendencies" which among other things answers the question whatever happened to Mindy Cohn?--you, know, Trudy from The Facts Of Life. She's apparently alive and well and playing Violet in this latest Casper Andreas production.

Now, before I go on, I did like this movie. If you're at all intrigued by the creative journey of Casper Andreas (Slutty Summer 2004, A Four Letter Word 2007, Between Love & Goodbye 2008, and The Big Gay Musical 2009) the slight, vulnerable, Swedish actor/director/producer as I am, then you will see Violet Tendencies just to stay on board. And it won't disappoint you, but like me, you might find aspects of it open for up-grades.

So let's play Baldrige and Plus/Delta it?

On the PLUS side: 1) The characters are likable, 2) It's great to see Mindy Cohn again, 3) There is a degree of realistic unpredictability in the story line that is otherwise rather simple, 4) There is a lot of eye candy, 5) Characters evolve, 6) Kim Allen and Sam Whitten give endearing performances,
7) Marcus Patrick has an incredible cock! (It ought to have been credited as a separate member of the cast, it was used in a couple scenes just as effectively as the actors, and God knows it could have filled it's own dressing room!)

This image is from a Playgirl photo shoot.

The DELTAs? 1) Enough with Jesse Archer, all he ever plays (and writes for himself to play) is the neurotic, sex starved nympho-gay sibilant "s" slobbering queen. His sex appeal is fading, and it's time he gave himself a more substantial character or quit trying. Because all he appears to be now is a creative gay man playing himself yet again, and that ain't acting. That's a documentary. I'm not saying his presence on the screen isn't adequate, it's just no longer engaging. Grow dude! 2) Well...I don't really have anymore Deltas. The Deltas were a Jesse Archer intervention moment... I intervene because I care.

That said, Violet Tendencies is a fun film to take up 99 minutes on a muggy summer afternoon in June.